Adult Basic Education
21.
Guidance From the Guidance: An Agency's Approach to the California Adult Education Digital Learning Guidance
Posted March 2023
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
It has been almost three years since our world changed along with most aspects of education. COVID 19 became a worldwide pandemic and our way of teaching and delivering instruction changed 180 degrees in a matter of days.
22.
Introduction to OERs
by Diana Vera-Alba
Posted February 2023
Posted February 2023
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
Open Educational Resources, or OERs, are openly licensed teaching and learning materials.
23.
5 Tech Tools to Try with Adult Learners
by Yescenia Delgado Lorenzo
Posted January 2023
Posted January 2023
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
Try these five tech tools and notice adult learner engagement increase.
24.
5 Tips for Engaging All Learners with Digital Literacy
by Elisia Doonan
Posted December 2022
Posted December 2022
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
Many educators are exploring new ways to engage learners online. Engagement for Adults with Disabilities can be especially challenging due to a lack of professional support for educators.
25.
Survey, Quiz, and Schedule Appointments Skillfully with Google Forms
by Cindy Wislofsky
Posted November 2022
Posted November 2022
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
It’s time to review what you know already about Google Forms and move forward learning and practicing some newer features to make your work life more efficient and productive.
26.
Retooling Zoom for a Blended Classroom
by Alisa Takeuchi
Posted October 2022
Posted October 2022
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
Although many districts have reopened schools for face-to-face instruction, there is still a need to continue to use Zoom in a blended class.
27.
Blended Learning in Adult Education
by Debbie Jensen
Posted September 2022
Posted September 2022
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
What will our "new normal" look like post pandemic? What lessons have we learned that we can utilize?
28.
HyFlex Model of Instruction: A Year of Reflection
by Alisa Takeuchi
Posted July 2022
Posted July 2022
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
The HyFlex Model of Instruction integrates in-class instruction with online instruction synchronously and in addition may add an asynchronous option on a learning management system (LMS). For the past year, agencies that have introduced the HyFlex Model to their staff and students have taken careful notes, made changes, and documented successes.
29.
Free Professional Development for Tech Enthusiasts!
by Cindy Wislofsky
Posted June 2022
Posted June 2022
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
OTAN's Digital Leadership Academy (DLAC) is now accepting applications until August 19, 2022 for its fourth cohort (2022-2024 school years).
30.
What's Happening in U.S. Citizenship Preparation?
by Jennifer Gagliardi
Posted May 2022
Posted May 2022
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
No new updates to the USCIS N-400 Application for Naturalization. No new updates to the USCIS 100 Questions. So, what's there to talk about in online U.S. Citizenship Prep? PLENTY!
31.
Career Exploration in Adult Education
Posted April 2022
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
Career exploration has been widely recognized and endorsed as a necessary step in an individual's career development. It is a fundamental lever to help adults successfully navigate an evolving labor market and demand for changing skills. The value of exploration is instrumental for each student to emerge from experience with a clear and more accurate assessment of him or herself.
32.
Let's Get Jammin'!
by Cindy Wislofsky
Posted March 2022
Posted March 2022
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
If effective remote teaching has taught us anything, the importance of keeping students engaged while providing interactive, collaborative, task-based activities that work both synchronously and asynchronously is key. Enter Google Jamboard.
33.
Canvas and Canvas Commons in Adult Education
by Francisco Xavier Pinedo Jr
Posted February 2022
Posted February 2022
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
If you decide to use Canvas for your class, it is not an easy as 1-2-3 thing. You need to invest time to create your site, and then find appropriate resources to use from Canvas Commons or upload your own content.
34.
Triple E Framework: Extension
by Debbie Jensen
Posted January 2022
Posted January 2022
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
The third component of the Triple E is Extension, which means connecting the learner to the real world.
35.
Triple E Framework: Enhancement
by Debbie Jensen
Posted December 2021
Posted December 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
OTAN has adopted the Triple E Framework developed in 2011 by Professor Liz Kolb, Clinical Psychologist at the University of Michigan School of Education, as a model for technology integration.
36.
Triple E Framework: Engagement
by Susan Gaer
Posted November 2021
Posted November 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
OTAN has adopted the Triple E Framework developed in 2011 by Professor Liz Kolb, Clinical Psychologist at the University of Michigan School of Education, as a model for technology integration.
37.
Introduction to the Triple E Framework
by Susan Gaer
Posted October 2021
Posted October 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
The Triple E is a framework that measures how well a tool or activity engages, enhances, and extends learning.
38.
New! Improved! Teaching with Technology (TwT) Database Updated for Usefulness and with a Focus on High-Quality Instruction
by Kristi Reyes
Posted September 2021
Posted September 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
Now, after more than 1,300 entries, TwT is being transformed into a more user-friendly resource.
39.
Choice Boards: Made for Adult Education
by Debbie Jensen
Posted August 2021
Posted August 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
K-12 has embraced Choice Boards in their classrooms for over ten years, but if you missed the opportunity, here it is for Adult Education. It is as if Choice Boards were designed with adult learners in mind.
40.
Interactive Images and Virtual Reality Using Thinglink
by Susan Gaer
Posted July 2021
Posted July 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
You may have seen photos of users with high-tech virtual reality goggles tuned out to the world and wonder what type of experiences can be had. By definition, users are immersed in a 3D world and virtual reality places the user inside the experience as opposed to just viewing it. With Thinglink, you can easily recreate these experiences for students who will view them using a simple cardboard VR device.